Writer, director and producer, Ava DuVernay has made some award-winning films so far and this time she is attempting in making a film on Dr B. R. Ambedkar.

Ambedkar also saw the prevalent inequality between men and women and wrote, “Unity is meaningless without the accompaniment of women. Education is fruitless without educated women and agitation is incomplete without the strength of women.”

Popularly referred to as Mai or Maisaheb, Savita Ambedkar was the second wife of Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution. She was a doctor and a social activist. In an unpublished preface of The Buddha and His Dhamma Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s last book, he credited her for extending his life by 8 to 10 years. […]

“We shall see better days soon and our progress will be greatly accelerated if male education is persuaded side by side with female education,” said Babasaheb Ambedkar.

Here are five Books By Babasaheb Ambedkar which should make it to your reading list.

“We shall see better days soon and our progress will be greatly accelerated if male education is persuaded side by side with female education.” – Br Ambedkar

Gunpriya Sarpate, a Twitter user wrote, that being the only girl from her Basti (slum) to study computer science, she had to travel several kilometres daily to attend classes. She added that she used to look around her neighbourhood and keep saying to herself, “I’ll make it outta here”

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Dr BR Ambedkar feminist quotes to take inspiration from this Ambedkar Jayanti, and a look at the Dalit icon’s contribution to empowerment.